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Il Ngwesi: Rick Bass gives us a snapshot of survival at its best

Tuesday, 27th March, 2018

I don’t like to begin a story with a backstory and the past tense can be a bit less engaging than the gripping present tense. I don’t like to…

The world’s last male northern white rhino is dead

Wednesday, 21st March, 2018

Having just got back from Kenya last week and being lucky enough to visit Ol Pejeta and met Sudan the last male northern white rhino, the news yesterday that he…

A new type: the camera-free conservation journey

Tuesday, 13th March, 2018

On returning home from my latest trip to Ethiopia, it dawned on me that our Conservation Journeys are best suited to those who like to do things…

Greta Iori: wildlife crime consultant extraordinaire

Thursday, 8th March, 2018

A champion of the industry, Greta Iori was interviewed as part of our celebration of International Women’s Day. A cold Wednesday afternoon last week I got the…

On the right track

Friday, 2nd March, 2018

I’m very pleased to note that Wild Philanthropy has had a little write-up by Holly Tuppen in The Ethicalist, a new eco-lifestyle magazine that operates out of Dubai,…

Banning the sale of legal ivory: the UK’s about to get in step – we hope

Tuesday, 27th February, 2018

With the UK set to host 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, I’m delighted to note that the government has finally bowed to pressure and authorised a consultation process last October for the…

Mahale, Ntakata, and the Tongwe: A conservation journey to a lost world

Tuesday, 13th February, 2018

Here at Wild Philanthropy we work with some extraordinary people and places. Planning and writing our client itineraries takes me to storybook lands of remote tribes, wildlife-filled…

Ethiopia adventures: Paul Herbertson reports on developments in the Omo

Tuesday, 23rd January, 2018

When I was first speaking with Will Jones about joining Wild Philanthropy one of the things that really caught my interest was Wild Philanthropy’s first impact investment…

The Northern Rangelands of Kenya Conservation Journey

Tuesday, 9th January, 2018

Following a recent trip to Kenya, I was contemplating how Wild Philanthropy has grown from a seed in the back of my mind circa 2008 into the…